Although today the state's largest population center is around Chicago in the northern part of the state, the state's European population grew first in the west, with French Canadians who settled along the Mississippi River, and gave the area the name, Illinois.
Highest team totals in test match cricket, by all teams. Highest total or score by a team in test match is made by Sri Lanka = 952 for 6 declared against India at Premadasa stadium in Colombo, back in August 1997..
Despite breaking the previous best international score by a whopping 45 runs, Sharma fell marginally short of the record in all limited-overs cricket, which remains Ali Brown's 268 for Surrey against Glamorgan at the Oval in 2002.